What does Tribe teach about bible prophecy?

At Tribe, the teaching on Bible prophecy starts with the conviction that these passages are not meant to produce anxiety but clarity, joy, and expectation. Brian Hunter has led the congregation through end-times texts like Matthew 24 and the book of Zechariah, and the consistent move has been to press into the hard passages rather than avoid them. Brian has described how staying away from prophetic scripture tends to leave people more anxious, not less, and that the discomfort fades when people actually read the text, ask honest questions, and sit with what Jesus himself said about the future.

A thread running through multiple series is that biblical prophecy is inseparable from the story of Israel. Brian teaches that Zechariah's image of Jerusalem as an immovable stone that injures anyone who tries to lift it is not ancient poetry with no present application, it is an active reality playing out in global politics and in the church's own confusion about where to stand. He has pushed the congregation to ask honestly where their beliefs about Israel came from, and whether the hook they have hung those beliefs on is strong enough to hold them. He says, "It is better to fall on that rock and be shattered than to be foolish enough to try to lift that stone with your own strength." The deeper argument is that the spiritual hostility behind antisemitism, the conflict in the Middle East, and the pressure on the church to dismiss Israel are all connected to what the Bible says about a fallen spiritual being whose only capacity is to destroy what God has made.

Brian has also taught that the events Jesus describes in Matthew 24, birth pains, tribulation, and his eventual return, are not a timeline to decode for curiosity but a framework for living with confidence. The principle he returns to across these messages is that the most compelling narrative in the room tends to collect the most belief, but as Brian has put it, "Just because it's louder doesn't mean it's true." The goal of Tribe's teaching on prophecy is not to produce prophecy enthusiasts but people who hold their beliefs on hooks strong enough to bear the weight.

Taught from Matthew 24:1-43 · Zechariah 12:1-3 · Daniel 9-11 · Ezekiel 38-39 · Revelation 3:10